Friday 8th January - What Small DFW-Style Things Will You Be Doing Today?

twiggy86

Morning all!

We made it to Friday!!

Today I have/will:-
* Check banks
* Use free moisturiser sample
* Do washing up
* No TV on this morning
* Take lunch to work
* Check cupboards and make list of ingredients needed to make cheesecake
* Drink lots of water at work
* Check FPL
* Check TCB/QuidCo to see if holiday site is on there as fingers crossed booking our holiday tonight! - Pleased I did - TCB have £40 off per adult plus 2% cashback!
* Shop to list at lunch
* Wrap presents for friend
* Double check cant find holiday cheaper
* Book holiday on CC and instantly pay off (have enough in my "holiday pot" to cover deposit)
* Sort out laundry!

Think that's everything for now. Hope you all have a great day!

maria3104

Hi All

Welcome to the newbies.

Lots of food in store, so should be an nsd weekend.

All machines put on cheap rate from 3 a.m. 2 loads of washing and dishwasher done.

Have a good weekend all.

Maria.

debbie_debt

That was an early start this morning Ally! Thanks for kicking us off :j

I've already made a start on the jobs list this morning by stripping and making both the beds, first load of washing is on and the last load that washed overnight is hanging on the airer as we speak :money:

I also need to:
Transfer my first virtual sealed pot challenge amount to savings
Tidy the lounge
Go to baby group (me and DS2 get lots of free snacks and brews!)
Take pics of some furniture that's left in the old house and see if we can sell it before the house sale completes (anyone need a couch or snuggler armchair?:rotfl:)
Think about what I'm going to wear tomorrow night! We're off to a place called Gotham in Manchester as my christmas pressie from my sister. Can't wait!
Research a new hoover that's good for pet hair since mine set on fire earlier in the week :mad:

Have a great Friday everyone :T

princess_pea

Morning all, thanks for starting Ally

It's a lovely sunny, crisp morning here. I'm huddled over a portable heater at work on full blast A perk of being at work


It'll probably not be a NSD for me as I need to hoover the car out before the MOT tomorrow (I have a very hairy dog). I'm at work until 6pm so can't do it at home in the dark - I'll have to take it to the supermarket garage and pay £1. It's at the point where it is quite embarrassing so I'll have to do it, although I don't think it would fail it's MOT for "excessive dog hair" :rotfl:


All meals from stores - leek and potato soup for lunch
We urgently need to do a food shop but I think it'll have to wait until tomorrow - that means tea tonight will be a creative mix of whatever is in the freezer/ cupboards
Banking checked. I need to pay another cheque in at lunchtime - it's all going in the savings pot and I haven't touched anything I was lucky enough to get for Christmas and birthday
Lots to do at work today but I'm glad it's Friday!


Have a great day everyone

foxgloves

Morning Frugalistas,
Much better start today. Headache gone, alarm went off & it isn't raining!! Money saving stuff done so far:
*Whole house cleaned using minimal products & cleaning cloths I cut from an old cotton jersey duvet cover.
*All bins emptied & sorted into sacks (recycled potato sack & charity bag!) ready for wheelie bins.
*Bed & household linens collected up for a cheap overnight wash.
*Small amount of new cat food mashed with last night's spurned food. He still just licked the jelly off then took his muddy paws upstairs to see about getting on the newly changed clean duvet cover. Luckily I know his tactics of old & intercepted him at the door. Now outside sulking (him, not me!)
*Added a few items to charity bag as intend to drop off tomorrow. Not money saving but decluttering always good.
*Wrote shopping list.
*Wrote list of what we need to do in town tomorrow to maximise car park fee.
*Bag of books gone back to the library.
Still to do:
*Dismantle Christmas wreath. Compost the greenery & pack the wire ring, baubles, fircones & ribbons away for next December's creation.
*Hang up mistletoe in shed in paper bag for berries to ripen so I can have another go at getting it to grow on our old apple tree. 3rd attempt. I know just how to do it, but no luck as yet.
*Do at least 1 job from my 'Annoying Things' List 1 (the list of things I cam solve for free if only I'd get my ar*e in gear!!) Ideally I'd like to do 2 jobs from this list today AND start a 3rd. Hmmm. Better get off down the shed with my wire clippers......oh, & will be using up last tortilla wraps, bit of cheese, slice of ham, etc, in a quesadilla for lunch.....plus another mankmongous apple.
Have a good Friday all,
F x

La_escocesa

[FONT=&quot]Hi everyone :wave: [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Wow – the thread has been busy over the past few weeks – nice to see it! :T [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Here’s me: [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]:D Cheapo porridge brekkie [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]:D Packed lunch [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]:D Updating YNAB [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]:D OH got bounts app – thanks for the tip off [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]:D Put teaching money to good use – groceries :cool: [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]:D Estimated blinds :eek: – going to decide which windows are the most urgent... [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]:D Finally sorting out new energy deal now old Co has sent us the right bill :T (Saving £400 a year apparently...) [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]:D Free tea and choccies in work courtesy of employer and dieting colleagues :cool: [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]:D Reply to biz email and return a call – hopefully two newbies for one of my classes :T [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Happy Friday everyone! :beer: [/FONT]
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lego_mum

Afternoon all :j Thanks Ally for the start (And your helpful list )

Lovely to have so many posters on board this week

Ds2 is back in school so I'm trying to get on top of things before he comes home tonight.

My list today
Health & Fitness plans (lose this weight once and for all, no fad diets ever again!)
:starmod: Gym class – aiming for 5 a week (works out to less then 80p/class!) :A
:starmod: Fill water bottle at the gym :A
:starmod: Walk at least 7000 steps to get bounts points :A
:starmod: Eat for health
:starmod: Drink water through the day
:starmod: Monitor fitness goals etc using my fitbit daily & adjust when needed


Daily jobs:
:starmod: Wash a load at 30 degrees :A
:starmod: Hang washing on the line if dry/radiators if not
:starmod: Check banks/update spreadsheet :A
:starmod: Delete junk from emails :A
:starmod: Clean & tidy fridge (make sure we don’t waste anything) :A
:starmod: Use something out of the food use up box
:starmod: Plan today’s meals from stores :A easy today as ds1 is going to a friends (who I know is taking him to KFC) so I'm taking ds2 to get a Mc'ds happy meal. Me & dh will have left over turkey dinner that was meant to be last nights meal but dh fancied chips so I swapped Thursdays meal for Fridays
:starmod: Minimum heating on (set for 30 mins before dh gets up), plenty of blankets & jumpers available 

Tidy home = Tidy mind
:starmod: Hoover carpets
:starmod: Clean the kitchen using minimal products
:starmod: Tidy at least one cupboard :A half way through one wardrobe that has wrapping papers, cards, spare gifts etc, will finish it after my cuppa
:starmod: Gather together items for the cs :A 2 candle holders from my bedroom window sill, my wedding dress & a pair of shoes that aren't comfy

Money making schemes
:starmod: Inbox pounds 4 searches :A
:starmod: Swagbucks
:starmod: Check Fpl :A Must remember to check later too
:starmod: Check luckyphone :A Won 50 points plus one of my referals has won so I got another 50! :)I KNOW A COUPLE OF POSTERS ON HERE USED MY REFER LINK SO MAKE SURE YOU CHECK!!
:starmod: Check for surveys :A a yougov survey done

Freebies/vouchers/offers
:starmod: Check 02 priorities :A ooo freebie millies cookie, will be able to get this from my phone & dh's tomorrow as its near Ikea
:starmod: Check tcb/quidco
:starmod: Check cos/shopit

Extras
:starmod: My dad called in for breakfast after the gym and helped me move some furniture around in the kids playroom. Also moved some pictures to cover a seam on the wall were we boarded up the room (was a through lounge/dining room, we blocked it up to give us our sitting room & the kids a separate playroom, we did it ourselves and but didn't have it replastered properly as we had a cupboard in front of it that hid it but we needed to move things around) :A
:starmod: Touched up paint in that room too & painted over were we'd had a little leak late last year :A
:starmod: Touched up with the same paint in by bedroom :A
:starmod: Look on ikea website to see if they still do the little side table that dh has at his side of the sofa (only paid £7.50 for it last year and it was reduced so don't know if it was the end of a line) tried the table at my side (didn't think there was room for it but it does fit and would be much better then the 3 legged triangle glass table that I have at the minute, easily knocked over as its next to the enterance to the room) I really hope they have it as I would be able to put two little wicker baskets that I have in a bathroom cupboard with toiletries in, in there and keep the various phone/computer/tablets cables/chargers etc :A Thanks Ally - Still available for £9, it will be perfect


Right cuppa finished so I had better get on!!

Have a good afternoon all. I do love this thread

allydowd

debbie_debt wrote: »

Research a new hoover that's good for pet hair since mine set on fire earlier in the week :mad:

When we had a labrador we found a Dyson upright very good. Still have a Dyson upright a DC-04 and can honestly say it's amazing though we no longer have a dog. Got the Dyson secondhand for £38 in CashConverters. I like the fact that it doesn't require hoover bags and that you can buy easy to fit spares for it easily online. (Link) This essentially makes it ever-lasting.

debbie_debt

allydowd wrote: »

When we had a labrador we found a Dyson upright very good. Still have a Dyson upright a DC-04 and can honestly say it's amazing though we no longer have a dog. Got the Dyson secondhand for £38 in CashConverters.

I was just about to say that there's no way we can afford a Dyson, then read on and you got yours for £38?? That's amazing! We do want a Dyson so I might have a look in cash converters. Cheers Ally!!

allydowd

lego_mum wrote: »

:starmod: Look on ikea website to see if they still do the little side table that dh has at his side of the sofa (only paid £7.50 for it last year and it was reduced so don't know if it was the end of a line) tried the table at my side (didn't think there was room for it but it does fit and would be much better then the 3 legged triangle glass table that I have at the minute, easily knocked over as its next to the enterance to the room) I really hope they have it as I would be able to put two little wicker baskets that I have in a bathroom cupboard with toiletries in, in there and keep the various phone/computer/tablets cables/chargers etc

They still do this one in a few colours. £5-£6. We have one. (Link)